Vignette

  • stevemcdonald
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    42 posts
    7 June 2012 at 20:47:28 #805349

    I’ve read a little about the requirements to have a “Vignette” to drive on some of the highways in Switzerland. We are renting a car in Marseille, driving through the Cote d’Azur, Italy, Mont Blanc Tunnel to Chamonix and then down to Martigny, and on into touring Switzerland for a week. So – where and how do I buy one of these “Vignettes”, which I assume I’ll need at some point?

    Thank you,
    Steve in California

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    Olga
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    8 June 2012 at 3:43:16 #836363

    Hello Steve,

    Information about how to obtain your Autobahnvignette can be found here.

    Have a nice trip,

    stevemcdonald
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    9 June 2012 at 12:08:59 #836364

    Thank you Olga, I should have known to check your site first! So just one question for a little more detail if you don’t mind: We leave California in less than a week now, so no time to order now (should have included it when I ordered my Swiss Half Fare passes). The website says I can buy it at the border for about US$41. So when I drive into Switzerland from Chamonix-Mt. Blanc (France Rt. D1506 to Swiss Route 203) en route to Martigny, will there be a border station where I have to stop, show passport, etc – and have the possibility to buy the vignette there? According to the map of motorways where it will be needed, I will need it if I take Rt. 9 on from Martigny to Visp (heading to Tasch/Zermatt). But on my map of Switzerland I was planning to drive on E62, which looks like a freeway (or multi-lane expressway) and doesn’t require the vignette. Is that a toll road? Anyway, I will need it for the routes I plan to drive from Luzern to Innsbruck.
    Thank you for your advice,
    Steve

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    9 June 2012 at 16:35:57 #836365

    no, it’s a partly un-manned border post. If it is manned then you should be able to get a vignette but otherwise you need to stop at the first petrol station and they’ll sell you one. As, generally, will a few on the French side of the border.

    I don’t really recognise those road numbers. The autoroute from Martigny to Visp is an autoroute (the A9) to Sierre and you must have a vignette. There’s no toll roads in Switzerland, either it’s autoroute which needs a vignette or it’s not.

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